matthew dumont. matt is prolific author and historian of history and civil rights and the sherman fairchild distinguished professor history at dartmouth.

matthew dumont. matt is prolific author and historian of history and civil rights and the sherman fairchild distinguished professor history at dartmouth. he he received his ph.d. from brown university, and he'll be discussing most recent book, half american the epic story of african-americans fighting in world war two at home and abroad. now to, join this this conversation this discussion is dr. marcus cox marcus is a fellow with the jenny craig institute. and is also currently the dean of fayetteville state university right outside beautiful fort north carolina. oh the. previously many of you know him from town here where he's associate dean of graduate studies xavier and a graduate ph.d. from northwestern an and an expert on african-american military history. and so it's great to have these two amazing scholars and comrades on the stage with us today. and with that, marcus, i'll turn it over to you. and sir, you much. thank you so much. thank you everybody for being here. thank you, mike. and every